6 March 2016

Spring News

Ms.Glennon’s
class learned about the tooth. We carried out experiments to see how much sugar
is in the drinks that we drink.

We
learned about writing procedures and recipes. Dylan won a prize for the best
recipe for the best weekend ever.

We
are learning all about Spring.

We
made our First Confessions.

We
are learning about Vincent Van Gogh and we painted sunflowers.

The
pupils are enjoying tasting different fruit and vegetables with Food Dudes.

We
are learning “The Siege of Ennis” for Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Ms.Listons

Ms.Listons class has a Spring word wall
for Spring.

In Maths, we learned about
weight.

For science we learned about teeth. We
also did an investigation on how much sugar is in food we eat.

We did the 1916 proclamation
signatures, and are learning about the seven people who signed the proclamation
in 1916.

We are learning the interesting life
cycle of the frog, animals and their young.

We spoke about children giving up or
taking something up for lent. We covered the weather.

We also did food dudes healthy eating.

Ms.Barry

The
class have learned about fractions and made pizzas using their favourite
ingredients to show the fractions we have learned. We are now learning about
time and we made lots of clocks.

The
boys are reading a book called “The Iron Man” by Ted Hughes. We have made
pictures of the main character using black card and chalk.

We
are also learning about the 1916 Easter Rising. We wrote about the rebellion
and each of the leaders. We also made a model of the G.P.O out of cereal boxes
and paper.

Ms.Slattery

Ms.Slattery’s 2nd class
completed their procedural writing in English, and there were some very
interesting ones written. Our lucky winners were Julian and Jacek. We also
learned the poem “The wearing of the green”.

We are doing power hour in their room. Our
reading is improving as we are reading many enjoyable books.

In Irish, we learned two new songs 2
Oro se do bheatha bhaile and Amhrain na bhian. We covered the topic sa bhaile
and me Fein.

In maths, we covered length, capacity
and area. We enjoyed creating their own character in area using squares and
giving their character a name.

In History, we learned about the seven
signatories who signed the 1916 proclamation. Thomas McDonagh was one of the
seven signatories who was born in Tipperary. In groups we compiled projects on
the seven signatories, the Irish flag and education in the past. Eoin’s Grandad
was very helpful, he visited their classroom and told them all about his school
days. This information was very helpful when we were doing their project on
Education in the past.

We also drew pictures to highlight the
1916 rising which took place in Ireland 100 years ago.

Mr.Hayes

Mr Hayes’s 4th class
covered the 1916 rising, we looked at the papers and made some projects.

In procedural writing we covered
recipes and games.

We learned to sing stand by me.

For poetry we learned “I see his blood
upon the rose”.

In maths we learned time, length and
distance.

We also did scratch projects in ICT.

In art we made lovely pictures of
roads.

We also did book reviews.

Mr.Smith

The
class recently finished their procedural writing.

The
boys had lots of fun designing their own coasters from old CDs.

We
learned all about length, width, perimeter and percentages.

In
Irish Dancing, the boys are learning “The Siege of Ennis”.

The
class are reading “The Iron Man” by Ted Hughes and “Stanley” by Peter Gunning.

The
boys learned all about Roger Casement For history.

Mr.Hannigan

Mr.
Hannigans class made a class recipe book for their procedural writing.

The
boys continued working on their projects.

We
looked at the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages.

In
sport, the boys played rugby with Pat Fitzgerald and completed their swimming
lessons.

For Grandparents week we went to the
Church and had a Grandparents mass.

Ms.McGrath

The
boys continued with our procedural writing. We learned the procedure for making
lots of different breakfasts. Last Thursday, the class went to Lidl to buy
ingredients for breakfasts and enjoyed eating it on Friday morning.

The
students made lovely art for Valentine’s Day. We also painted poppies using our
fingers.